Category: Stories

On a chilly January evening, Wolfe’s Neck Center welcomed the team from Spannocchia for a special collaboration dinner. Rooted in shared values and seasonal ingredients, the evening brought together Wolfe’s Neck Center’s Chef Malcolm Kelly and Spannocchia’s Chef Laura Capalbo for a thoughtfully curated dining experience celebrating regenerative agriculture across borders. Spannocchia is an organic … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/transatlantic-collaboration-an-evening-with-spannocchia/">Continued</a>

From January 30th to 31st in Manchester, NH, the New England Grazing Network organized the biannual Northeast Grazing and Livestock Conference. Over two days, more than 300 in-person and virtual attendees came together to share practical experience, research findings and data-driven insights designed to improve grazing for farmers, livestock and the lands we steward. In … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/new-england-grazing-livestock-conference/">Continued</a>

“The best part of my job?” Chef Malcom Kelly thinks for a moment. “Working with products in the kitchen that I have helped to grow on the farm.” For Malcolm, who spent many years working in high-end (and high-stress) restaurants, the direct connection between farming and food at Wolfe’s Neck Center “has made cooking fun … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/food-is-the-great-explainer/">Continued</a>

Advancing the science of regenerative agriculture requires time, acreage, and risk that production farms often can’t spare. At Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, we put our landscape, nonprofit status, and deep regional partnerships to use building this knowledge and passing it along to farmers in Maine and across the Northeast. What does … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/putting-research-to-work-for-farms-and-communities/">Continued</a>

By Annabelle Williams This blog is part of our series of Wolfe’s Neck Center Stories, focusing on the people and the programs that drive our work for farmer viability, thriving ecosystems, and vibrant communities. Fall 2022. It was the first iteration of a course titled “Ecotopian Visions” and I was writing found poems from the … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/seeking-my-ecotopia-on-burnett-road/">Continued</a>

At Wolfe’s Neck Center Farm Camp, campers ages 4 to 17 engage in hands-on learning that immerses them in sustainable agriculture and the natural world. During this weeklong experience, they care for livestock, tend (and taste) what’s growing in our gardens, and explore the ecosystems all around us. Farm Camp isn’t just something campers look … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/a-deep-foundation-at-farm-camp/">Continued</a>

This blog is part of our series of Wolfe’s Neck Center Stories, focusing on the people and the programs that drive our work for farmer viability, thriving ecosystems, and vibrant communities. Since 2015, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment has been selling the milk from our organic dairy herd to be distributed by … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/wolfes-neck-dairy-program-helping-farmers-do-more-with-less/">Continued</a>

This blog is part of our series of Wolfe’s Neck Center Stories, focusing on the people and the programs that drive our work for farmer viability, thriving ecosystems, and vibrant communities. Take a few steps behind the Smith Center on the campus of Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment in Freeport, ME, into the … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/maine-landscapes-and-the-carbon-cycle/">Continued</a>

This blog is part of our series of Wolfe’s Neck Center Stories, focusing on the people and the programs that drive our work for farmer viability, thriving ecosystems, and vibrant communities. Learning by doing – and tasting – is a key tenet of our educational programming at Wolfe’s Neck Center.  Last Friday, we welcomed a … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/connecting-kids-to-food-farming/">Continued</a>

We had a blast yesterday in the Maine State House at Ag Day 2025. It was inspiring to meet other organizations committed to farming, fishing, and ranching in our state–and who believe that agriculture in Maine is the key to viable businesses that support vibrant communities while conserving our natural ecosystems. Some of the highlights: … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/ag-day-at-the-maine-state-house-2025/">Continued</a>